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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Decelerated Growth

Amartya
Sen says “...the achievement of high growth must ultimately be judged in terms
of the impact of that economic growth on the lives and freedoms of the
people...”

Sen
believes that in democracy, equality comes with freedom and social justice.
Such are his views and such views cannot be solemnly misjudged. India is
growing, a fact, yet its depreciating in terms of social empowerment and there
is still no void filled when it comes for health reforms, rural infrastructural
reforms, Girl child education and safety so on...

Let’s
speak about the India that youth inhabit in. We have seen booming start-ups,
new innovations, diversifying fields of professionalism and educational
establishments, more rankings and researches, better opportunities, more
reformed status of youth, greater emphasis on education and much better sense
of accountability with younger generation looking the prospective of creative
professionalism fuelling countries long-term prospects of growth. But is it?

NGO’s
have been established, many are working to lift the rural people especially the
children who are lacking the fundamental resources to cult a living in their
budding age. Education is always prime importance; health becomes an important
catalyst and resources, well, needed as by the urban people. Growth is not just
acceleration of economy or winning competition from a bordering country but it
is what happens within the country; it is the scale of ‘social justice’ that
cannot be argued and it is the surety of equality of opportunity for every
citizen that holds certain duties within the constitutional framework.

Nehru
believed in capitalism even though India was more of a socialist and
progressing in the same way under the Indira Gandhi regime. I do credit Mr.
Rajiv Gandhi for the commercialization of our country with better technologies
and more job-oriented opportunities stepping onto our shores. But the
corruption was a side effect and that slowly nauseated India in its long run.
If you agree, then it is still.

Being
young gives me advantage of not knowing everything yet forming opinions is self
analysis. I do not understand UPA or NDA or the Left and right. What I
understand is that India needs to aim properly and focus at its goal as is said
to a young student aiming to crack an entrance test. Having an economist leader
like Mr. Singh is an advantage said my grandfather during the UPA win after Mr.
Vajpayee lost. But ten years down the line, I could just see more scams and
less development and many people angry with the same leader silent. If the
sub-ordinates are angry then there was a mistake in the part of the leader and
such organisation can, well, be imagined in rubbles when the D-day of new
elections comes in. I, as a youth of this country, may just want to study, work
hard and earn a proper living but then if my expenditures can, as per Keynesian
economics, lead to a small growth of the country then I need assurances that my
hard work and perseverance for such a long time to get that money is spent
wisely and the required channels are being followed.

India
is inching slowly towards the developed status quo. Such progress requires
proper mentoring and taming by goal-oriented masters. Politicians can step in
the shoes of such masters, forget the divisions among the parties, centrally
allocate power to a neutral man like the President and move towards reform else
Kedarnath was a natural calamity and can be excused for the several reasons but
if the whole country, someday, is flooded and people scream out for help, then
tell me, Who would carry out the rescue operations?

Growth
statistics can be obtained from any websites or magazine, but the philosophy is
what requires proper perspectives. Comment not only on your instincts of
failure but also on the required governance and steps to save our deteriorating
political offices. India lacks a leader and even if a strong one steps in, he
or she would surely be suppressed or delayed by the opposing parties and bad
politics. We require a neutral leader with one aim and one aim only- Growth.